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Descriptive Text Guide & Example

The document defines descriptive text as text that describes what a person or thing is like in order to reveal characteristics about it. Descriptive text primarily focuses on visual descriptions but can also describe other senses. When writing descriptively, common structures include an identification section to introduce the subject followed by a description section detailing features, forms, colors or other attributes. Descriptive language uses specific participants, adjectives, simple present tense and action verbs. An example is then provided of descriptive text about a waterfall in Indonesia that describes its appearance, location and sensory experiences.

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Descriptive Text Guide & Example

The document defines descriptive text as text that describes what a person or thing is like in order to reveal characteristics about it. Descriptive text primarily focuses on visual descriptions but can also describe other senses. When writing descriptively, common structures include an identification section to introduce the subject followed by a description section detailing features, forms, colors or other attributes. Descriptive language uses specific participants, adjectives, simple present tense and action verbs. An example is then provided of descriptive text about a waterfall in Indonesia that describes its appearance, location and sensory experiences.

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DESCRIPTIVE

TEXT
DEFINITION
Descriptive Text is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its
purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.
In a broad sense, description is defined like in the following sentence:
Description is about sensory experience—how something looks, sounds,
tastes. Mostly it is about visual experience, but description also deals with
other kinds of perception.
Thus, if we conclude it from the above explanation, the descriptive text
is meaningful text that describes the experience related to the senses, such as
what shape, sound, taste is. Most descriptive text is about visual experience,
but in fact experience other than the sense of sight, we can also use it to make
descriptive text.

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But in particular, the descriptive text is, “…… is a text which says
what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal
a particular person, place, or thing.”
So, it can be said that this descriptive text is a text that explains
about whether a person or an object is like, whether its form, its
properties, its amount and others. The purpose of the descriptive text is
clear, that is to describe, represent or reveal a person or an object, either
abstract or concrete.

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GENERIC STRUCTURES
When writing descriptive text, there are some generic
structures (actually not mandatory) for our writing to be
true. The arrangement is:
# Identification:
Contains about the introduction of a person, place,
animal or object will be described.
# Description:
Contains a description of something such as animal,
things, place or person by decribing its features, forms,
colors, or anything related to what the writer describe.
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LANGUAGE FEATURES of DESCRIPTIVE
TEXT
– Specific participant : has a certain object, is not common and unique
(only one). for example: Bandengan beach, my house, Borobudur temple,
uncle Jim.
– The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun, for example: a
beautiful beach, a handsome man, the famous place in jepara, etc.
– The use of simple present tense: The sentence pattern used is
simple present because it tells the fact of the object described.
– Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run, sleep,
walk, cut etc

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EXAMPLE
Lembah Pelangi Waterfall
Lembah Pelangi Waterfall sounds unfamiliar for either local or
foreign tourists. Lembah Pelangi Waterfall is located in Sukamaju
village, Ulubelu sub district, Tanggamus district, Lampung province,
Indonesia. The access to this place is quite difficult because Ulu Belu
sub district is a remote area in Lampung with its hilly contours which
make this tourist spot elusive.
Lembah Pelangi Waterfall has two levels where the
waterfall on the second level has two branches. The height of the
first level waterfall is about 100 meters, while the second level
waterfall is about dozens of meters.
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The best enchantment of this waterfall is the rainbow
which appears between the valley and the waterfall as the name
suggests. The soft flowing gurgling waterfall sounds is like a
chant of nature which can remove the tiredness of the long trip
to go there. Under the waterfall, there are several spots of warm
water which can be an interesting spot for bathing.
In this place, you will be shown a panorama of natural
beauty which is very interesting for every pair of eyes seeing it.
Rocky hills accompanied by leafy trees will actually soothe both
your eyes.

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